Heavy Senate Session Ahead With Alaska Statehood
Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson outlined a busy week for Congress as the Senate nears August recess. Key items include Alaska statehood and freer atomic energy information exchanges, plus a $38 billion Defense bill and annual appropriations to fund next year. The House may also push anti trust exemptions for professional sports and an omnibus price supports bill, while a tax extension package heads to conference.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
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Alaska
House
Defense Department
House Rules Committee
Eisenhower
Business Upturn In Key Industry Lines With Pockets Of Softness
A June business snapshot shows steel production at its fastest pace since December and railcarloadings hitting a 1958 high. RCA reports strong color TV sales while Great Lakes freight outlook dims with a predicted 29 percent drop. Senate action removes certain rail taxes benefiting railroads, while auto taxes remain unchanged.
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Radio Corp. of America
Texas
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Lackawanna, N. Y
Great Lakes
Six teens confess to murder in Newark robbery
Acting Police Chief Paul Caffrey said six teenagers confessed to killing 74-year-old Ludwig Lauther in a $13 street robbery in Newark. Police detained two youths, ages 15 to 18, after a wave of three fatal muggings in two weeks. all victims were white. Lauther, a mechanical engineering consultant, was found dead on a sidewalk June 7.
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Paul Caffrey
Ludwig Lauther
American plane damaged in Ontario snowstorm forced down
An American aircraft suffered damage after forced landing during a snowstorm in Northwestern Ontario. The plane struck a highway sign, was towed to a nearby service station, repaired, and then departed from the highway.
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Ontario
Canada
House Democrats Blast Ag Program Over Farm Aid Plan
The House Agriculture Committee Democrats accuse the Eisenhower administration of trying to split farmers and warn hard times ahead without a modern farm program. They release a 160 page report backing a new farm bill as a realistic remedy to price and surplus problems.
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House Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
House
Benson
Harlan Hagan
California
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